#55BBAC#55BBAC

#55BBAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.098 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBAC
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 172)
HSL	hsl(171, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(171, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -33.32, -1.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 33.35, 182.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0977 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.098 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9598, 40.4478, 45.3028)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBAC #BB5564

analogous

#55BB79 #55BBAC #5597BB

triadic

#55BBAC #AC55BB #BBAC55

tetradic

#55BBAC #7955BB #BB5564 #97BB55

square

#55BBAC #7955BB #BB5564 #97BB55

split-complementary

#55BBAC #BB5597 #BB7955

monochromatic

#2B6B61 #3C9789 #55BBAC #81CCC1 #ACDED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#55BBAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#55BBAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBAC

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBAC	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B1AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.098 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0c4',
    500: '#55bbac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbac;
$custom-light: #8ed0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.176,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72733,
    "c": 0.09781,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBAC

secondary

#CCA0A6

accent

#5568D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBAC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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